DIABETES AND CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE A COMPLEX COMBINATION

To evaluate the plasma testosterone level in male patients with chronic kidney disease stage III - V, pre-dialysis. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study with a study group of 118 chronic kidney disease patients, pre-dialysis.

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(BQ) Part 1 book Fundamentals of renal pathology presentation of content: Renal anatomy and basic conceptsand methods in renal pathology, glomerular diseases with nephroticsyndrome presentations, glomerular disease with nephriticsyndrome presentations, systemic diseases affecting the kidney.

Rhu-EPO treatment. Iron deficiency increases the severity of anemiaand is one of the main causes of reduced effectiveness of Rhu-EPOtreatment in CKD patients. In fact, the results of the Rhu-EPO aredifferent in various objects, including some cases even without usingRhu-EPO or treated with low doses[r]

In Brief: Influenza in 2015
Superseded by The Medical Letter "Influenza Vaccine for 2016-2017" - Issue 1505, October 10, 2016The CDC has announced that the most common influenza viruses circulating now are influenza A...
Olodaterol (Striverdi Respimat) for COPD
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Statins and Diabetes Risk
In 2012, the FDA required manufacturers of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) to add a warning to their labels about reports of increased blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)...
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Myeloid leukemia may be classified as Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) or Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) based on its rate of progression. Administration of drugs is the best modality to treat myeloid leukemia, Imatinib mesylate (IM) and cytarabine (cyt) for CML and AML respectively. However, these drug[r]

Idarucizumab (Praxbind) - An Antidote for Dabigatran
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Bexsero - A Second Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine
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respectively at P using one-way ANOVA followed by Turkey–Kramer MultipleComparison Test.R.A. Tawfiq et al.to enhance the binding of GABAA ligands to its receptor in aconcentration-dependent manner [21]. This notion is furthersupported by the finding that combination of kava with DZ(5 mg/[r]

Drugs for Psoriasis
Mild to moderate psoriasis is generally treated with topical corticosteroids. Vitamin D analogs and tazarotene are topical alternatives that can be used in combination with topical...
Nivolumab (Opdivo) for Metastatic Melanoma and Metastatic NSCLC
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Two New Drugs for Skin and Skin Structure Infections
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Sucroferric Oxyhydroxide (Velphoro) for Hyperphosphatemia
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Chronic myeloid leukaemia is in principle a treatable malignancy but drug resistance is lowering survival. Recent drug discoveries have opened up new options for drug combinations, which is a concept used in other areas for preventing drug resistance.

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Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto) for Heart Failure
The FDA has approved Entresto (Novartis), an oral fixed-dose combination of the neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril and the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) valsartan, to reduce the risk of...
Rifaximin (Xifaxan) for Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Dia[r]

Objectives: To examine the characteristics of concomitant cardiovascular diseases in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 162 patients who had a confirmed diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease fro[r]

Insulin Degludec (Tresiba) - A New Long-Acting Insulin for Diabetes
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Drugs Past Their Expiration Date
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Two New GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Diabetes
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A Combination of Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir (Harvoni) for Hepatitis C
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